diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/module-info.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/module-info.java
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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-module org.apache.arrow.vector {
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.compare;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.compare.util;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.complex;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.impl;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.reader;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.complex.writer;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.compression;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.dictionary;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.holders;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.ipc;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.ipc.message;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.table;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.types;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.util;
-  exports org.apache.arrow.vector.validate;
-
-  opens org.apache.arrow.vector.types.pojo to com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
-
-  requires com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation;
-  requires com.fasterxml.jackson.core;
-  requires com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;
-  requires com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310;
-  requires flatbuffers.java;
-  requires jdk.unsupported;
-  requires org.apache.arrow.format;
-  requires org.apache.arrow.memory.core;
-  requires org.apache.commons.codec;
-  requires org.slf4j;
-}